Johnny Depp, Joe Perry bit by bromance

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Actor Johnny Depp, above left, is flanked by Joe Perry as they perform with The Hollywood Vampires band, also including Alice Cooper, left, as part of the Hellfest metal music festival in western France.

Actor Johnny Depp, above left, is flanked by Joe Perry as they perform with The Hollywood Vampires band, also including Alice Cooper, left, as part of the Hellfest metal music festival in western France.

5514131 28.05.2018 Actor Johnny Depp, left, and Joe Perry, a guitarist of the American rock band Aerosmith, during a performance at the Olimpiysky sports complex. Vladimir Astapkovich / Sputnik via AP

Johnny Depp, left, is flanked by Joe Perry as they perform with The Hollywood Vampires band as part of the Hellfest metal music festival in Clisson, western France on June 22, 2018 (Photo by LOIC VENANCE / AFP)

Joe Perry performs with The Hollywood Vampires band as part of the Hellfest metal music festival in Clisson, western France on June 22, 2018. (Photo by LOIC VENANCE/AFP/Getty Images)

Johnny Depp performs with The Hollywood Vampires band as part of the Hellfest metal music festival in Clisson, western France on June 22, 2018 (Photo by LOIC VENANCE/AFP/Getty Images)

lice Cooper performs with The Hollywood Vampires band as part of the Hellfest metal music festival in Clisson, western France on June 22, 2018 (Photo by LOIC VENANCE/AFP/Getty Images)

There’s nothing like a bromance between guys who jam together. Case in point: Johnny Depp and Lawrence’s own Joe Perry, both of whom have been shredding the guitar onstage overseas.

Depp recently presented his pal with the Kerrang! Inspiration award in London, gushing that it was the Aerosmith guitarist who influenced him to take up the instrument in the first place. The admiration is apparently mutual, with Perry applauding the musically inclined actor, who’s been touring with him and Alice Cooper as part of their rock group Hollywood Vampires.

“I don’t think he’d be up on the stage with me and Alice and the other cats if he wasn’t holding his own like he does,” Perry told the Press Association of Depp.

“He’s really a good player. He’s a musician through and through,” Perry continued about the Oscar winner, adding, “I don’t think of him as an actor. He’s a guitar player.”

Perry and Cooper also seem to have taken fashion tips from Depp, who reportedly has eight solos in the set they’ve been playing. The trio comprising the Hollywood Vampires has been looking like Jack Sparrow doppelgangers during their recent shows in Europe. Or maybe, they’re all just rocking Keith Richards chic — it’s hard to tell.

As a solo act, Depp has been gracing the headlines as of late — and not just for his pick-wielding prowess.

His ex, model/musician/actress Vanessa Paradis, just married famous film director Samuel Benchetrit. Meanwhile, reports that Jack, the 16-year-old son that Depp shares with his former French flame, is reportedly ill have been circulating since Paradis skipped the Paris premiere of her film “Knife + Heart” because of their child’s “serious health problems,” according to director Yann Gonzalez. Depp himself raised concern among fans last month, after appearing slimmer than usual when signing autographs outside the Four Seasons Hotel in St. Petersburg, Russia.

As far as the Hollywood Vampires go, Depp and his legendary bandmates have been linked for some time, forming the band as an homage to great rockers of past. Cooper met Depp when they were filming Tim Burton’s “Dark Shadows” and they instantly clicked, especially after they bonded over their common affinity for chords.

The group is expected to continue its tour, with stops in Switzerland and Italy approaching this summer.